Saturday, June 8, 2013

Ho, hum. Another 'scandal', cried the boy who cried scandal.

Why am I not very upset by the snooping by the federal government?

For one thing, I'm not sure I don't trust Obama more than I do the media, especially when it comes to matters that impinge on the media. In other words, I'm not sure I've seen a completely objective reporting of the matter.

So on one hand, we have Obama saying, "No big deal. You're not getting spied on..."

And on the other hand, we have the New York Times turning on him.

It's that turning on him that kind of gets my goat. I mean, how many time can you keep going after Obama for things he didn't do and expect us to get all upset by things you accuse him of doing and then saying, "No really. This time we mean it."

I've even been somewhat annoyed with John Stewart, who seems to give way more credence to these supposed "scandals" than they deserve. False equivelency is his weakness. To me, it all seems like "scandal-mongering" than it does actual "scandal."

Personally, I have no problem with them questioning the tax-exempt status of the Tea Party. Seems to me to be completely appropriate.

Laying everything at Obama's feet just makes nonsense of of the entire structure of government. I'm ready to just ignore the media altogether.

About Me

I'm Duncan McGeary, owner and/or operator for the last 33 years of Pegasus Books in Downtown Bend, Oregon. These days I'm writing books as well as selling them.
I'm the comic book guy. But even more so, I'm a book book guy. Books of all kinds. Big books and little books, children's and adult, fiction and non-fiction, hardback and paperback and trade paperback and graphic novels. Books with more words than pictures and books with more pictures than words. They are all part of the book world to me, and I love being surrounded by them every day.
I also have a second blog: Pegasus Books, where I list the product coming in over the next week.